2023 AFS Peer Reviewers
AFS thanks metalcasting industry professionals for their time and effort spent on reviewing technical paper submissions in 2023. The role of recognized metalcasting industry experts as peer reviewers is critical when evaluating AFS technical paper submissions.
The American Foundry Society follows peer review guidelines when approving technical paper submissions for potential publication.
- Each paper is assigned to three or more reviewers with expertise in the paper subject matter.
- Papers are reviewed for technical and scientific merit and must contain sufficient data and/or experimentation details.
- The subject matter must fall within the field of AFS activities.
- Contents must not be of commercial in nature, trivial or expanded.
- Subject matter can not be speculative in nature.
- Content must be in good literary form, contains continuity of thought and clarity of expression.
AFS Transactions Reviewers
The following peer reviewers provide an invaluable service to AFS and help to maintain and uphold the quality of our papers.
- Mark Adamovits, Matthews International Corp.
- Maria Alverio, Carley Foundry Inc.
- Diran Apelian, ACRC - University of California
- Tom Arenholz, John Deere
- Brian Began, American Foundry Society, Inc.
- Travis Bodick, Carley Foundry Inc.
- Nathaniel Bryant, University of Northern Iowa
- Jason Bush, Waupaca Foundry Inc.
- DJ Couture, Retired
- Herb Doty, General Motors
- Carlos Esparza, LeSueur Incorporated
- Paul Finelt, Concurrent Resources LLC
- Jeremiah Fleischman, General Motors
- David Fletcher, Lodge Mfg. Co.
- Nick Fox, John Deere Foundry Waterloo
- Hideki Gebken, Standard Manufacturers Services Limited
- Santosh Ghanti, Gerdau
- David Gilson, SinterCast Inc.
- John Grabel, Retired
- Benjamin Groth, ExOne
- Mickey Hannum, McWane Inc.
- Lyle Heberling, Iron Casting Research Institute
- Daniel Hoefert, Eck Industries Inc.
- Jarrett Hooten, Enkei America Inc.
- David Hughes, US Pipe & Foundry Co.
- Douglas Imrie, Southern Cast Products Inc.
- Casey Iossi, Alliant Castings
- Kathering Jungwirth, The Lawton Standard Co.
- Aaron Kaboff, HA International LLC
- Tim Kauffung, Versevo Inc.
- Kirk Keithly, ExOne
- Kelley Kerns, HA International LLC
- David Kesse, Caterpillar Inc.
- Nick Knotts, Temperform Corp.
- Adam Kopper, Brunswick Corp.
- Greg Kramer, American Foundry Society, Inc.
- Peter Leblang, Betz Industries
- Mike Lovett, EJ
- Shawn Martin, Harrison Steel Casting Co.
- Patrick McCrevan, B&L Information Systems Inc.
- Zach Meadows, Electric Controls & Systems Inc.
- Fritz Meyer, ASK Chemicals
- Steve Midson, Colorado School of Mines
- Liam Miller, American Colloid Co.
- Earl Miller, Hiler Industries
- Michael Moodispaw, The Ohio State University
- Jay Morrison, Carpenter Brothers Inc.
- Tom Mueller, Mueller AMS
- Richard O'Bara, Retired
- Randy Oehrlein, Carley Foundry Inc.
- Victor Okhuysen, California State Poly University (Pomona)
- Mark Osborne, Wabtec
- David Palmer, BRP-US Inc.
- Tom Prucha, Metal Morphasis LLC
- Kramer Pursell, Metal Technologies Auburn LLC
- Sam Ramrattan, Western Michigan University
- Brandon Reneau, Caterpillar Inc.
- Mike Riabov, Elkem Silicon Products
- Dave Rittmeyer, Hoosier Pattern Inc.
- Kirk Rogers, M&P Gravity Works LLC
- Kyle Rothenburger, Dotson Iron Castings
- Sudhari Sahu, Creative Technical Solutions Inc.
- Ken Sanchez, Chesapeake Specialty Products Inc.
- Luke Schimmel, Fairbanks Morse Engine
- Robert Scholz, TRC
- Angella Sell, Aalberts Surface Technologies
- Bill Shafer, Carpenter Brothers Inc.
- Jiten Shah, Product Development & Analysis LLC
- Md Moinuddin Shuvo, Pennsylvania State University
- Britni Snow, Magotteaux Inc.
- Doug Starr, Saudi Mechanical Industries
- Brad Steinkamp, Charter Dura-Bar
- John Tartaglia, Element Materials Technology
- Jerry Thiel, University of Northern Iowa
- Yohan Tremblay, Foundry Solutions Metallurgical Services Inc.
- Robert Tuttle, Western Michigan University
- Jason Walker, The Ohio State University
- Bo Wallace, American Foundry Society, Inc.
- David Weiss, Vision Materials
- Leonard Winardi, Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Co.
- Allan Woldow, Caterpillar Inc.
- Gregory Woycik, Wolverine Bronze Co.
- Anhua Yu, Ward Manufacturing LLC
- Mark Ziegler, Casting Industry Suppliers Assoc.
- Jay Zins, Dotson Iron Castings
If you would like to get involved and considered for peer reviewing with AFS, please contact bbegan@afsinc.org.